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Those  who  were  present  in  1874,  at  the  fare- 
well meeting  of  the  American  Board,  at  Rutland, 
Vermont,  will  remember  the  feeling  awakened 
by  remarks  of  Mr.  Neesima,  who  was  about  to 
start  on  his  return  to  his  native  land  ;  especially, 
the  interest  felt  in  his  earnest  plea  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  school  in  Japan  for  educating 
young  men  who  may  embrace  Christianity,  and 
be  proper  subjects  for  training  for  the  work 
of  the  ministry,  and  other  Christian  service 
among  their  own  people.  He  was  interrupted 
in  his  remarks  by  several  individuals  pledging 
sums  of  money  for  this  purpose,  varying  in 
amount  from  $50  to  $1,000;  the  whole  sum 
pledged  being  not  far  from  $3,500. 

Who  Mr.  Neesima  is,  is  related  in  the  follow- 
ing extract  from  the  sermon  preached  by  Presi- 
dent Seelye,  at  his  ordination  in  Mount  Vernon 
Church,  Boston,  September  24,  1874  : 

"  Ten  years  ago  a  young  Japanese  at  Yedo,  who 
had  been  brought  up  with  no  other  knowledge 
of  religion  than  his  own  original  insight  and  the 


Pagan  systems  around  him  afforded,  had  become 
convinced  that  these  systems  could  not  give  him 
the  help,  or  hope,  he  needed.  He  had  never 
seen  a  Christian  person,  he  had  never  heard  of 
the  gospel ;  but  some  undefined  and  shadowy 
conviction  of  His  presence,  who  is  not  far  from 
every  one  of  us,  and  who  has  not  left  Himself 
in  any  soul  without  a  witness,  had  dawned  upon 
him,  and  given  him  the  sense  that  the  idols  he 
had  worshiped — the  work  of  man's  hands  — 
were  vanity.  .  .  .  While  in  this  state  of  mind,  a 
Japanese  friend,  having  met  a  little  book  called 
the  '  Story  of  the  Bible,'  written  in  Chinese,  by 
an  American  or  English  missionary,  brought  the 
book  to  this  young  man,  as  a  strange  story  which 
he  wished  him  to  read.  The  young  man  took 
it,  and  when  he  read  therein  that  in  the  begin- 
ning God  created  the  heavens  and  the  earth, 
he  received  therefrom  a  new  revelation.  '  This 
is  the  God  for  whom  1  have  been  looking,'  he 
exclaimed,  '  This  is  the  true  God ; '  and,  in  his 
feeble  way,  vaguely  and  indefinitely,  hardly 
knowing  at  the  time  what  he  was  doing,  this 
young  Japanese  began  to  worship  his  Divine 
Creator. 

"  Besides  this  new  religious  sense,  he  found 
himself  possessed  of  another  feeling,  also  new; 
a  strange  and  strong  desire  to  leave  Japan  and 
come  to  America.  An  account  of  this  country, 
written  in  Chinese-  by  Rev.  Dr.  Bridgman,  of 
the  American  Board,  first  suggested  this  desire. 


His  father  forbade  him ;  but  called  of  God,  as 
was  Abraham,  he  left  his  father's  house,  and 
not  daring  to  attempt  escaping  from  Yokohama, 
the  nearest  seaport  to  Yedo,  and  where  he  might 
be  recognized,  he  went  to  the  other  side  of  the 
country,  where  he  found,  at  Hakodadi,  a  vessel 
which  would  take  him  to  China,  if  he  could  but 
get  on  board.  .  .  .  He  would  have  lost  his  head 
had  he  been  discovered  in  the  attempt ;  but  one 
night  he  managed  to  elude  observation,  and 
gained  access  to  the  vessel.  He  was  taken  to 
Shanghai,  where  he  was  led  to  a  ship  belonging 
to  a  Christian  merchant  of  Boston,  in  which  he 
was  brought  to  these  shores,  the  captain  giving 
him  his  passage  for  his  service  on  the  way. 
'  What  are  you  doing  here,  and  why  did  you 
come  ? '  said  to  him  one  of  the  sailors  in  the 
port  after  his  arrival.  *I  have  come  for  an 
education,'  was  the  reply.  '  But  an  education  in 
this  country  costs  a  great  deal,  and  where  will 
you  get  the  money  ? '  was  the  next  inquiry. 
•  I  do  not  know,'  was  the  simple  answer ;  and  in 
simple  faith  the  young  man  knelt  in  secret,  and 
prayed  that  he  might  not  fail  in  his  great  desire. 
.  .  .  Thus  far  his  prayers  were  directed  to  God 
as  his  Creator.  He  had  not  yet  any  clear  con- 
sciousness of  God  as  his  personal  Redeemer 
and  Saviour.  .  He  did  not  call  himself  at  this 
time  a  Christian  ;  he  could  not  then  have  told 
what  was  implied  in  such  a  name.  .  .  . 

"By  the  wise  counsel,  the  judicious  and  ample 


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generosity,  and  the  warm  Christian  sympathy  of 
a  Christian  merchant  of  Boston,  and  his  Chris- 
tian wife,  this  Japanese,  thus  led  from  the  land 
of  his  fathers,  has  been  enabled  successfully  to 
pursue  a  course  of  academic,  collegiate,  and  theo- 
logical study,  at  Phillips  Academy,  Amherst  Col- 
lege, and  Andover  Seminary — winning  the  re- 
spect and  love  of  all  who  know  him." 

The  history  of  the  training  school  is  told  in 
part  in  the  following  extracts  from  missionary 
letters.  Please  note  the  growth  from  year  to  year. 
In  November,  1875,  Rev.  J.  D.  Davis  writes: 
"Kioto  was  founded  more  than  a  thousand 
years  ago,  and  remained  the  seat  of  the  Mikado's 
government  until  the  Shogun  was  dethroned, 
eighty  years  ago,  and  the  Mikado  moved  to 
Yedo,  the  eastern  capital.  Kioto  is  nearly  in  the 
center  of  the  empire,  in  a  rich  and  populous 
valley,  ten  or  fifteen  miles  in  diameter,  nearly 
surrounded  with  mountains.  It  has  water  com- 
munication nearly  all  the  way  with  Osaka,  over 
thirty  miles  distant.  The  railroad  is  also  nearly 
finished,  which  will  give  us  communication  with 
Osaka  in  an  hour,  and  with  Kobe  in  two  hours. 
There  are  in  the  city  3,500  Buddhist  temples, 
and  2,500  Shintoo  temples.  There  are  about 
8,000  Buddhist  priests,  and  about  2,500  keepers 
of  Shintoo  shrines.  The  population  of  the  city 
and   its   suburbs,   by   the    census   of    1872,    was 

567,334- 

"Kioto  has  long  been  considered  the  spiritual 


capital  of  the  empire,  and  Buddhism  is  probably 
stronger  here  today  than  in  any  other  place  in 
Japan.  The  sad  minor  tones  of  the  vesper  bells 
are  heard  in  every  direction  each  evening,  and 
the  matins  are  heard  ringing  out  from  fifty  or 
more  temples  during  all  the  last  hours  of  the 
night. 

"Through  Mr.  Neesima's  influence  the  mis- 
sion has  secured  five  and  a  half  acres  of  land 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  city,  for  a  site  for  the 
training  school,  and  also,  as  we  hope,  at  no 
distant  day,  of  a  Christian  college;  and  through 
Mr.  Neesima's  personal  application  to  the  Min- 
ister of  Education  at  Yedo,  with  whom  he 
formed  an  intimate  acquaintance  while  with 
the  Embassy  in  America  and  Europe,  he  has 
permission  to  start  a  Christian  school  here,  in 
which  missionaries  may  teach. 

"  We  opened  school  yesterday  with  eight 
scholars,  all  but  two  of  whom  are  church  mem- 
bers." 

September  i6,  1876,  Rev.  Mr.  Learned  writes: 

"The  school  buildings  were  finished  a  few 
days  ago,  and  this  morning  we  have  been  assign- 
ing rooms  to  the  boys  who  have  already  come. 
There  is  room  for  about  sixty  boys,  and  from 
present  appearances  we  shall  have  that  number 
of  students  in  a  week  or  two.  We  shall  dedicate 
the  buildings  next  Monday  (the  i8th),  with  sing- 
ing, prayer,  and  addresses." 

Mr.  Davis  wrote  on  the  same  day: 


"  There  are  twenty-eight  young  men  in  the 
buildings  this  morning,  sixteen  more  hourly 
expected,  and  twelve  or  fifteen  more  in  a  few 
days.  About  two  thirds  of  the  whole  number 
are  Christians,  and  all  are  much  interested  in 
the  truth.  The  Christian  young  men  are  here  to 
prepare  to  preach  the  gospel  to  their  country- 
men, and  the  city  is  opening  to  the  truth  won- 
derfully, new  preaching  places  being  rapidly 
opened." 

Within  a  year  another  building  was  wanted, 
and  September  15,  1877,  Rev.  Mr.  Learned 
writes  ; 

"The  new  building  for  the  training  school  is 
making  rapid  progress,  and  will  be  well  on 
towards  completion  when  you  read  this  letter. 
When  it  is  completed,  we  shall  have  rooms  for 
about  a  hundred  students,  and  shall  be  supplied 
with  recitation-rooms,  etc.,  to  answer  all  our 
needs  for  some  time  to  come.  We  begin 
[reopen]  our  school  next  Monday,  and  the 
prospect  is  that  we  shall  have  nearly  if  not  quite 
eighty  scholars  on  that  day.  I  am  glad  to  say 
that  I  begin  teaching  the  gospels  then,  teaching 
in  Japanese,  of  course.  Among  our  new  scholars 
are  three  who  have  come  from  the  Imperial 
College  in  Tokio,  coming  here  for  the  sake  of 
the  Christian  influence  and  instruction.  One  of 
them  brings  his  sister,  to  enter  Miss  Stark- 
weather's school.  Another  new  scholar,  who 
comes   from   Niigata,  on   the    north   coast,  is    a 


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man  over  thirty  years  of  age,  and  comes  with 
his  wife.  He  will  take  the  three-years'  Bible 
course  in  our  school,  and  his  wife  will  study  in 
the  girls'  school.  They  have  taken  a  little  house 
not  far  from  us." 

October  17,  1877,  Rev.  Mr.  Davis  writes: 

"  We  have  now  in  the  training  school  here 
eighty-seven  young  men,  from  various  parts  of  the 
Empire.  Some  are  from  Hiogo,  three  hundred  and 
fifty  miles  southwest,  and  some  came  from  the  Isl- 
and of  Yesso,  five  hundred  or  six  hundred  miles 
northeast.  At  twenty  minutes  before  eight  o'clock 
the  whole  school  meets  in  the  chapel  in  the 
main  building,  for  morning  p^rayers.  The  exer- 
cises consist  of  singing,  reading  the  Scriptures, 
and  prayer,  all  in  Japanese.  At  five  o'clock, 
P.M.,  the  students  have  a  prayer-meeting  in  the 
same  place.  Each  one  of  the  twenty-five  recita- 
tions every  day  is  opened  with  prayer.  Bible 
exegesis  is  taught  during  four  consecutive  hours 
each  day,  to  as  many  different  classes,  number- 
ing from  fifteen  to  thirty  each. 

**Of  these  eighty-seven  young  men,  forty-three 
have  been  received  into  our  churches.  Several 
others  have  applied  for  admission,  and  so  far  as 
I  know,  we  have  not  one  student  who  is  opposed 
to  the  truth,  or  who  is  not  an  earnest  student 
of  it. 

"  Fifteen  or  twenty  of  our  older  young  men 
went  out  to  preach  the  gospel  during  the  long 
vacation  last  summer.     Some  places  paid  all  the 


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expenses  of  the  young  men,  others  a  part  only, 
and  some  of  the  students  went  out  on  preaching 
tours  or  circuits. 

"  An  urgent  call  came  from  Mr.  Neesima's 
old  home,  eighty  miles  from  Yedo,  for  a  young 
man  to  come  up  there,  offering  to  pay  all 
expenses.  Mr.  Yebina  went;  and  he  left  ten 
men  and  five  women  there,  whom  he  believes  to 
be  true  Christians,  who  have  banded  themselves 
together  into  a  Christian  company.  They  offer 
to  pry  his  expenses  again  if  he  will  go  up  during 
the  short  holiday  vacation.  Four  young  men 
have  come  from  that  place  to  our  school.  In 
another  place  to  which  a  student  went,  ten  men 
have  banded  themselves  together  into  a  Chris- 
tian company.  More  places  called  for  the  gos- 
pel than  there  were  men  who  could  go  out." 

Mr.  Davis  writes  again,  in  February,  1878  : 

"The  leaven  is  working  among  these  millions. 
Our  training  school  now  numbers  over  one  hun- 
dred, and  most  of  them  have  consecrated  their 
lives,  as  we  hope,  to  the  work  of  preaching  the 
gospel." 

The  report  of  1879  thus  speaks : 

"  The  number  of  students  in  the  training 
school  the  past  year  was  one  hundred  and 
twenty-seven,  all  of  them  boarders.  Of  these, 
fifteen,  who  were  in  the  theological  class,  have 
now  completed  their  studies,  and  are  entering 
upon  the  work  of  evangelization.  Mr.  Davis 
has  taught  Theology,  Pastoral  Theology,  Mental 


and  Moral  Philosophy,  and  the  Christology  of 
the  Old  Testament;  Mr.  Learned  the  Gospels, 
the  Historical  Books  of  the  Old  Testament, 
Church  History,  and  Political  Economy;  Mr. 
Neesima,  Harmony  of  the  Gospels,  Geometry, 
Natural  Philosophy,  and  Astronomy.  Of  the 
one  hundred  students  who  constituted  about  the 
average  number  during  the  year,  only  twenty- 
two  have  received  aid,  thirteen  of  them  as 
assistant  teachers.  In  view  of  the  necessity  of 
thorough  culture  and  discipline,  required  to  meet 
the  special  wants  of  Japan,  it  has  been  decided 
to  change  the  course  which  has  hitherto  con- 
tinued for  five  years,  combining  English  and 
theology,  to  a  term  of  seven  years,  the  English 
course  to  cover  five  years,  and  the  theological 
two. 

"The  first  year  is  to  be  devoted  entirely  to 
English  ;  the  second  to  Arithmetic,  Geography, 
and  Grammar  ;  the  third  to  History  and  Mathe- 
matics ;  the  fourth  will  include  Natural  Philoso- 
phy, Astronomy,  Chemistry,  and  Rhetoric ;  and 
the  fifth.  Political  Economy,  Geology,  Mental 
Philosophy,  International  Law,  History  of  Civil- 
ization, and  Logic.  Instruction  will  be  given 
throughout  the  course  in  the  Gospels,  in  Old 
Testament  History,  in  the  Harmony  of  the 
Gospels,  and  in  the  Evidences  of  Christianity. 
The  theological  course  will  extend  over  two 
years,  and  will  include  Theology,  Pastoral  The- 
ology, Homiletics,  Church  History,  Bible  Geog- 


raphy  and  Antiquities,  the  Exegesis  of  the 
Epistles  and  Prophecies.  This  statement  will 
show  the  thorough  character  of  the  instruction 
given  in  this  institution,  as  a  preparation  for 
the  work  of  the  ministry." 

The  record  of  1882  is  as  follows : 

"  Dr.  Greene  is  to  take  charge  of  a  theological 
department  in  connection  with  the  training 
school,  for  such  pupils  as  cannot  wisely  take 
the  English  course.  The  demand  for  preachers 
is  so  urgent  that  it  has  seemed  necessary  to 
institute  a  shorter  course  of  study,  in  the  vernac- 
ular, for  young  men  of  promise,  who  could  not 
well  take  the  longer  course  and  yet  have  a 
desire  to  make  the  gospel  known  to  their 
countrymen. 

"  The  training  school  graduated  a  class  of 
eighteen  from  the  English  Department,  of  whom 
all  but  one  have  made  public  profession  of  their 
faith  in  Christ.  An  English  theological  class 
of  eighteen  was  received,  and  is  to  take  a  course 
of  three  years  —  the  first  year  being  devoted 
to  the  Old  Testament  and  Church  History;  the 
second,  to  the  New  Testament  and  Theology; 
the  third,  to  Homiletics  and  Pastoral  Care, 
Biblical  Theology,  and  the  Prophecies.  The 
whole  number  of  students  in  the  training  school 
the  past  year  was  one  hundred  and  two ;  pre- 
paratory, four;  first  year,  thirty-six;  second,' 
twenty-four ;  third,  eighteen ;  fourth,  eleven ; 
fifth,  nine ;  besides  eighteen  in  theological  class. 


To  provide  for  the  increasing  number  of  pupils, 
a  new  dormitory  has  been  built,  which  will 
accommodate  sixty-four  new  pupils,  and  a  new 
chapel  gives  a  place  long  needed,  for  morning 
prayers  and  other  public  services.  The  death 
of  Mr.  Yamasaki  is  a  great  loss  to  the  institution. 
He  was  a  thorough  scholar,  a  successful  teacher, 
and  an  earnest  Christian  on  whom  great  hopes 
centered." 

1883  continues  the  record: 

"  The  Kioto  training  school  reported,  in  April 
last,  a  total  membership  of  one  hundred  and 
thirty-six  pupils ;  twenty-six  in  the  theological 
department,  and  one  hundred  and  ten  in  the 
English  and  scientific  department.  Of  the  theo- 
logical students,  eighteen  pursued  the  regular 
English  course,  the  remaining  eight  taking  the 
new  vernacular  course.  The  fifth  class  in  the 
English  and  scientific  department  was  composed 
of  eight  students,  the  fourth  and  third  class  each 
of  thirteen,  the  second  of  thirty-four,  and  the 
first  of  forty-two.  Five  of  the  six  men  who  grad- 
uated last  year  from  the  English  department 
entered  the  theological  school  this  year,  and 
three  of  them  have  been  in  attendance  all  the 
year.  Owing  to  the  lack  of  teachers,  they  were 
obliged  to  study  with  the  class  that  had  entered 
the  previous  year,  but  the  united  class  has  done 
good  work. 

"  The  vernacular  school  was  begun  as  an  ex- 
periment in  September,  1S82.     It  offers  a  three- 


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years'  course  of  study,  covering  the  sciences  in 
general  and  theology  in  particular,  and  aims  to 
raise  an  educated  native  ministry  from  among 
those  who  cannot  pursue  the  long  English 
course.  Difficulty  has  been  experienced  this 
year  because  some  of  the  eight  students  were 
not  sufficiently  prepared  to  take  up  the  studies 
pursued.  Some  changes  will  doubtless  be  made 
before  the  school  is  fully  established ;  but  the 
record  of  the  year  warrants  the  belief  that  the 
institution  is  needed  and  will  do  good  work. 
The  Doshisha  company,  the  Board  of  Japanese 
Trustees  of  the  Training  School,  has  been 
enlarged,  and  now  consists  of  five  members. 
They  hold  the  property  of  the  school,  and  trans- 
act all  its  business  with  the  government." 

The  following  letter  from  Dr.  Gordon  was 
received  in  January,  1884,  showing  the  value  of 
work  accomplished  by  the  students  among  the 
villages : 

"A  number  of  the  theological  students  were 
away  preaching  during  the  summer.  They  were 
not  without  trials  and  difficulties,  but  were,  on 
the  whole,  encouraged. 

"  Mr.  Tsuji,  of  the  class  that  graduated  in 
June,  ministered  to  the  Hikone  church,  being 
wholly  supported  by  the  people.  He  had  two 
Bible  classes  daily,  and  the  usual  Sunday  ser- 
vices. Mr.  Neesima  went  there  and  baptized 
five  persons  at  the  close  of  the  vacation.  Some 
of  the  members  of  this  church  living  at  Naga- 


hama,  six  or  eight  miles  further  up  the  lake, 
invited  Mr.  Hori,  of  our  theological  class,  to 
work  for  them  during  the  summer,  they  assum- 
ing the  expenses.  He  did  so,  with  evident  bene- 
fit to  the  believers,  and  with  some  increase  of 
interest  among  others.  Both  he  and  Mr.  Tsuji 
plan  to  visit  these  places  twice  monthly  during 
the  coming  year. 

"  Two  young  men  went  to  Fukui,  where  they 
had  good  audiences,  many  of  those  most  inter- 
ested being  school-teachers,  doctors,  officials,  etc. 
At  Kameoka,  in  Tamba,  there  was  steady  inter- 
est and  progress.  Two  persons  were  baptized 
early  in  this  month,  becoming  members  of  our 
third  church  in  Kioto. 

"  In  Kishi  Wada  the  interest  is  reviving.  Six 
persons  from  that  place  were  received  into  one 
of  the  Osaka  churches  in  August.  They  have 
asked  Mr.  Matsuo,  one  of  our  theological  stu- 
dents, to  go  there  for  work  among  them,  when 
he  has  finished  his  course  of  study. 

"  Mr.  Kameyama,  of  the  same  class,  went  to 
Kurashiki,  west  of  Okayama.  A  wealthy  sake 
merchant  from  that  vicinity  has  just  been  here, 
and  has  decided,  after  consultation  with  the 
Christians,  to  give  up  his  business.  At  Kasaoka, 
another  out-station  of  Okayama,  one  of  our  stu- 
dents labored,  and  reports  that  a  goodly  number 
are  interested. 

"Another  theological  student  went  to  Shi- 
koku,  to   help  Mr.    Ise.      The   development  of 


the  work  there  is  truly  wonderful.  Preaching 
has  been  kept  up  almost  daily  at  Imabari  and 
other  places. 

"At  Komatsu  there  was  violent  opposition; 
the  Christian  meetings  were  stoned.  The 
Christians  did  not  retaliate,  except  by  praying 
for  their  persecutors,  who  soon  grew  tired  of 
their  fruitless  efforts  to  anger  or  frighten  the 
Christians.  The  stones  that  were  thrown  —  a 
good-sized  pile,  I  am  told  —  were  afterward 
gathered  up,  and  they  propose  to  put  them 
into  the  foundation  of  a  new  church,  which 
they  are  planning  to  build.  To  this  church 
ninety  members  have  been  added  since  Janu- 
ary I. 

"An  almost  equally  prosperous  work  is  going 
on  at  Annaka,  the  former  home  of  Mr.  Neesima's 
parents.  In  the  six  years  since  this  church  was 
organized,  about  one  hundred  persons  have 
become  members  of  it.  The  additions  of  the 
past  few  months  have  been  about  seventy.  They 
are  planning  and  doing  a  broad  work  for  the 
surrounding  villages." 

Dr.  Davis  also  writes  : 

"  Of  the  students  who  have  been  present  this 
term,  twenty-nine  are  in  the  theological  depart- 
ment ;  fourteen  in  the  five-years'  course,  to 
graduate  next  summer  from  the  college  depart- 
ment, all  but  two  of  whom  are  Christians ;  thir- 
teen are  in  the  four-years'  course,  all  but  two 
of    whom    are    Christians;    twenty-nine   in   the 


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three-years'  course,  all  but  four  Christians;  forty- 
five  in  the  two-years'  course,  who  came,  most  of 
them,  from  heathen  homes,  a  little  more  than 
a  year  ago,  about  half  of  whom  are  Christians ; 
and  thirty-five  in  the  one-year  course,  just  en- 
tered, five  or  six  of  whom  are  Christians  as  they 
enter,  the  first  fruits,  as  it  were,  of  our  Christian 
families.  Such  is  the  spiritual  status  of  the 
school.  It  is  glorious.  The  work  is  glorious. 
Oh,  that  these  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  young 
men  were  all  ready  to  go  out  and  preach  the 
gospel  today  !  " 

The  growth  and  promise  of  this  important 
institution  have  compelled  the  erection  of  a  new 
brick  building  for  the  students,  which  is  now 
nearly  completed  and  which  will  cost  about 
$7,500. 

There  can  be  no  better  seed-corn  for  golden 
harvests  for  the  future  of  Japan  than  investments 
in  such  an  institution  as  this.  Do  not  fail  to 
remember  its  instructors  and  students  contin- 
ually in  prayer. 


Sent  from  Rooms  of  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  i  Somerset  Street, 
Boston^  January  21,  1884.  E.  K.  A. 


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